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. 2020 Jul 11;19:106. doi: 10.1186/s12904-020-00594-1

Table 3.

Multiple Linear Regression for evaluation of characteristics associated with satisfaction with life, measured by SWLS (n = 2580)

Variables β (SE) IC95% p-Value
Constant 15.1(0.7) 13.8–16.4 < 0.001
Participants
General population
Caregivers of cancer patients 2.9 (0.6) 1.7. – 4.2 < 0.001
Cancer patients 0.9 (0.5) 0.0–1.9 0.051
Marital status
Married
Windowed −1.1 (0.7) −2.6 – 0.3 0.116
Separated or divorced −2.0 (0.4) − 2.9 (− 1.1) < 0.001
Single −0.2 (0.3) −0.7 – 0.3 0.536
Feeling of happiness with the professional activity
Little1
Much2 2.4 (0.2) 1.9–2.9 < 0.001
Self-assessment of health
Bad3
Good4 2.3 (0.3) 1.7–2.9 < 0.001
Diagnosis of depression
No
Yes −2.5 (0.4) −3.4 – (−1.7) < 0.001
Diagnosis of anxiety
No
Yes −0.9 (0.3) −1.5 – (−0.3) 0.002
Place of residence (Brazilian region)
Southeast
Midwest −0.9 (0.3) −1.6 - (− 0.2) 0.016
Northeast −0.7 (0.4) −1.4 – 0.1 0.080
North 0.4 (0.4) −0.4 – 1.2 0.303
South 0.1 (0.3) −0.5 – 0.6 0.898
Satisfaction with financial issues
Little1
Much2 3.4 (0.2) 2.9–3.9 < 0.001
Frequency of family gatherings
Little5
Much6 1.3 (0.2) 0.9–1.8 < 0.001
Influence of religious or spiritual life on happiness
Little1
Much2 1.1 (0.2) 0.6–1.6 < 0.001
Self described as
Pessimistic
Neither optimistic nor pessimistic 1.5 (0.5) 0.6–2.5 0.002
Optimistic 3.4 (0.5) 2.5–4.4 < 0.001
Leisure time
Little1
Much2 1.4 (0.2) 0.9–1.9 < 0.001
Physical activity
Don’t practice physical activity
Once to twice per week 0.3 (0.3) −0.2 – 0.9 0.230
3 or more times per week 0.8 (0.3) 0.2–1.3 0.004

Model adjusted for the variables: age, gender, family income and education level (R2 = 0.633)

1nothing/very little/more or less.2fairly/extremely.3very poor/poor/neither bad nor good.4good/very good.5nothing/very little/more or less.6many times/always